Propolis and Bee Pollen Processing

By Micheal Thomas

The bees are truly amazing creatures. All of the bee products they produce have valuable contributions to human health. Propolis and bee pollen processing are just two of the amazing bee supplements that are very important for human consumption.

What is bee propolis?

Propolis is the sticky resin which seeps from the buds of certain trees. The bees gather this and use it to line the interior of brood cells in preparation for the hive Queen's laying of eggs. The bee propolis has rich antiseptic, antibiotic, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties. It is frequently used as a cancer treatment, curing of urinary tract infections, open wounds, sinus congestion, and in many other diseases caused by fungi, bacterias, or viruses.

Bee pollen, on the other hand, contains all the essential nutrients needed by our body, ranging from the essential vitamins to minerals to the complete amino acids to proteins to enzymes and coenzymes and so much more. It also has unique antibiotic properties for viral and bacterial disease prevention, antihistamine properties for allergy treatments, and antioxidant properties to combat and prevent any development of life-threatening diseases.

The pollen collection all starts when a honeybee leaves the hive in search for nectar and pollen for the colony's food. Pollens are the male reproductive units of flowering plants which bees gather together with the flowers' nectars for the colony's food. As the honeybees fly from flower to flower, their hairy bodies pick up various pollen grains. Flowers benefit a lot from this pollen collecting process of bees because they are able to reproduce successfully.

The attached pollens on the bees' bodies are carefully brushed off by the bee's legs when they are in flight. Honeybees add something special to these pollen grains that make them sticky enough to be hammered into the "pollen baskets" of the bees' hind legs, these pollens are now the ones we know as pollens from the bee. Honeybees carry these pollens back to the hive. Beekeepers attach pollen catching devices on the entrance of each hive allowing some pollen to drop off from the bees' legs.

This particular pollen has everything man needs for survival and longevity. The nutrients are vital factors in keeping one's body youthful by maintaining the different systems' proper functionality, increasing one's energy, restoring balance in metabolism, preventing life threatening diseases as well as aiding cell regeneration, and total body nourishment and so much more.

Increasing your life span considerably is now made possible by high grade bee products which are manufactured by freeze drying in order to maintain the intact potency of the pollen.

The cleanest and purest propolis and pollen processing only happens in the country of New Zealand where there is no visible industries, dense human population, nor the use of commercially sprayed insecticides, pesticides, and fertilizers.

The pollution and population can cause harmful effects on the propolis and bee processing because the heavy metals, chemicals, toxins, and other impurities brought by these elements affect the way bees manufacture and process their bee products. The bee supplements which are collected and manufactured in countries other than New Zealand cannot provide human beings with their expected health benefits.

Creating Health and Wealth from the Hives

Summary about Propolis and Honey by Muraina Muideen

The bee is known for its sting, but this creature can also produce substances that have been used by man for both medicinal purposes as well as a source of economic gain. It also serves as delicious foods for many. Bees produce honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and honey comb. The Asians have used propolis and honey to cure injuries and tumors. The Greeks used it to cure wounds and abscesses.
The religious books as well as writings from ancient Persia, the Hebrews, the Bible and the Qur'an all mention propolis and honey.
The potential of bee keeping is great and the technology should be disseminated. Such strong potentials for this agricultural activity are essentially due to the various uses of the products of beekeeping which includes uses of honey and other bee hives products in various ways.
Honey is used as a sugar substitute in cooking, cereals, drinks and beverages. It is a preferable sweetener especially for diabetics’ patients. it is used as a sweetening base for pharmaceutical products. it is used on its own as medicine for various ailments, burns and wound dressing and general stomach problems. It also has several uses in the cosmetics industry.
It is used in the adhesives, textiles and cosmetics industries. It is sometimes used in dental work as temporary tooth filler. It is used as a raw material in making chewing gum.
Lastly, integration of beekeeping practice into the schedule of farmers will be a very rewarding endeavor. Maintenance of an apiary by a farmer can give up to 30% yield increases from improved crop pollination by the bees, thus guaranteeing an overall increased income at no further production input cost.
And if you like it, be a beekeeper because the human being survival depends on them. The bees have an essential role in pollination, the multiplication of the floral species and the development of the cultivation. Without pollen there is no fruit, without bees there is no pollination.